Archive for August, 2010
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Ramadan 13
Dear Self,
As you continue to understand living with purpose and achieving your higher potential, have you stopped to really think about what you “want” for yourself? So we are born to worship God, but apart from the rituals, which all Muslims are obligated to do, what in your worship is special? What sets you […]
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Saturday, August 21st, 2010
Ramadan 12
Dear Self,
I read this hadith, “ Cleanliness is equal to half of faith and to say ‘Alhamdulillah’ (all Praise is due to God) helps the scale of actions to become heavy; the utterance of ‘Subhan Allah’ (Glory be to God) and Alhamdulillah are good enough to fill the space between the heavens and the earth […]
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Friday, August 20th, 2010
Ramadan 11
Dear Self,
I have seen you spending much time reflecting, tears welling up in your eyes as you remember the many mistakes of your past. Sometimes, our bad deeds, our mistakes can be overwhelming, like a tidal wave submerging us each time we try to raise our heads up. The feeling of difficulty to breathe can […]
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Ramadan 10
Dear Self,
Every breathing moment, is a chance to do good; to serve creation; to make the world a better place. When God talked about being leaders in this world, He means, leadership through service to humanity and really all of creation- animals and the environment.
Sometimes, we think that doing “good” means that we have to […]
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Ramadan 9
Dear Self,
This month we’ve talked about priorities a couple times. It seems though as I look around, I see so many people turning a month that is designed to develop our Closeness with our Creator, into a “party scene”.
Elaborate iftars, with a multitude of dishes, hours and hours in preparation, spending time getting dressed, idle […]
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Ramadan 8
Dear Self,
Allah is Most Beautiful and loves Beauty. We know this from a hadith related by Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. From this, we have marveled at the way our predecessors understood this deen and how it led to some of the most beautiful forms of art, architecture and has helped cultures all over […]
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Monday, August 16th, 2010
Ramadan 7
Dear Self,
I see glimmers of light in you now. Moments when you seem truly at peace within. As if you are beginning to understand your true purpose. Too many times, when we sit with friends and talk- people are quick to quote the verse from the Qur’an saying that we are created to “worship Allah” […]
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Sunday, August 15th, 2010
Ramadan 6
Dear Self,
It’s almost been a week of Ramadan already. I pray that God accepts all your efforts and that the efforts that you’ve been making are to the best of your ability. Who knows if you will live to see the end of Ramadan?
Take time to prioritize properly. Give God His due, give your body […]
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Saturday, August 14th, 2010
Ramadan 5
Dear Self,
I noticed that you decided to turn the volume down on all the noises that distract you- music, tv, internet, idle talk, Now, all of a sudden, there’s all this extra time, don’t you find?
Doesn’t it make you realize that the excuse of “not having enough time” actually is inaccurate? I guess it’s that […]
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Friday, August 13th, 2010
Ramadan 4
Dear Self,
I decided to read some seerah today. It’s amazing really to see how one man, illiterate and poor was able to transform the world. What was remarkable to me was the choices he made.
There were times when he was so hungry, the fire was not lit in his house for weeks that he and […]